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Rómulo Gallegos

Born

in Caracas, Venezuela

August 02, 1884

Died

April 07, 1969

Genre

Politics, Literature & Fiction

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Rómulo Gallegos Freire

Novelista, docente y político venezolano. Se le ha considerado como el novelista venezolano más relevante del siglo XX y uno de los más grandes literatos latinoamericanos de todos los tiempos. Algunas de sus novelas han pasado a convertirse en clásicos de la literatura hispanoamericana.

Ejerce el cargo de Presidente de Venezuela en 1948 por escasos nueve meses, convirtiéndose en el primer mandatario presidencial del siglo XX elegido de manera directa, secreta y universal por el pueblo venezolano, y ha sido el Presidente de la República que ha obtenido el mayor porcentaje de votos a su favor en elecciones celebradas en el país en todos los tiempos, con más del 80% de la totalidad de los votos. Sin embargo, su separación Rómulo Gallegos Freire

Novelista, docente y político venezolano. Se le ha considerado como el novelista venezolano más relevante del siglo XX y uno de los más grandes literatos latinoamericanos de todos los tiempos. Algunas de sus novelas han pasado a convertirse en clásicos de la literatura hispanoamericana.

Ejerce el cargo de Presidente de Venezuela en 1948 por escasos nueve meses, convirtiéndose en el primer mandatario presidencial del siglo XX elegido de manera directa, secreta y universal por el pueblo venezolano, y ha sido el Presidente de la República que ha obtenido el mayor porcentaje de votos a su favor en elecciones celebradas en el país en todos los tiempos, con más del 80% de la totalidad de los votos. Sin embargo, su separación del poder se debió al Golpe de Estado de 1948, liderado por Carlos Delgado Chalbaud.

La Universidad de Columbia le confiere el Doctorado Honoris Causa en 1948, al cual renuncia en 1955 cuando le otorgan la misma distinción al dictador guatemalteco Carlos Castillo Armas, con esto sigue mostrando su convicción democrática. Es distinguido por otras universidades, entre las que se encuentran la Universidad de San Carlos en Guatemala (1951), la Universidad de Costa Rica (1951), la Universidad de Oklahoma en Estados Unidos (1951), Universidad Central de Venezuela (1958), Universidad de Los Andes en Venezuela (1958) y la Universidad del Zulia (1958). Ganó el Premio Nacional de Literatura (1958) y fue nominado al Premio Nobel de Literatura entre los años 1959 y 1963 .
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Rómulo Gallegos Freire was a Venezuelan teacher, novelist and politician. For a period of some nine months during 1948, he was the first cleanly elected president in his country's history.

But it was not as a teacher nor a political leader that Gallegos was to achieve greatest fame.

He was best known for his forceful novels that dramatize the overpowering natural aspects of the Venezuelan Llanos (grasslands), the local folklore, and such social events as alligator hunts.

After publishing Reinaldo Solar, his first novel in 1921, when he was 37 and five years later his second work, La Trepadora, Gallegos published his most renowned work entitled Doña Bárbara in 1929. Gallegos won then international reputation as one of the leading novelists in Latin American literature with this portrait of a ruthless female boss of a hacienda, describing therefor the typical character of the Venezuelan interior.
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Average rating: 3.82 · 7,643 ratings · 658 reviews · 70 distinct works • Similar authors

	Doña Bárbara 3.81 avg rating — 5,916 ratings — published 1929 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Trepadora by Rómulo Gallegos, Rodolfo Castagna (ilustraciones) 3.93 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 1943 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Canaima: A Novel by Rómulo Gallegos, Jaime Tello (Translator), Lowell Dunham (Introduction) 3.86 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 1935 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cantaclaro (Colección Eldorado) 3.92 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 1969 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pobre negro 3.66 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 1937 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sobre la misma tierra 3.94 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cuentos Completos 4.34 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1984 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reinaldo Solar 3.62 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1985 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cuentos venezolanos 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1987 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La brizna de paja en el viento 3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1952 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Rómulo Gallegos (?)

“Como todo buen venezolano, confundía la noción del deber con la del derecho. Mejor dicho: no pensaba que tenía deberes, sino derechos.”
― Rómulo Gallegos

tags: cuento, una-resolución-enérgica

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“A night of full moon is favourable to tales of apparitions.”
― Romulo Gallegos, Doña Bárbara

tags: story

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“Pero es que hay personas que, entre pensar y hacer, le salen canas.”
― Rómulo Gallegos, Doña Bárbara

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With this poll, we are selecting the reading book for March 2023 to represent the South American country of Venezuela. It concludes the literary adventure through that continent. The next series of polls will feature an aspect of Europe and its literature.

The accompanying picture features writing by the "Venezualan writer, literary critic and poet" Alfredo Chacón (b. 1937).

The Sickness by Alberto Barrera Tyszka

2 votes, 25.0%

Doña Inés vs. Oblivion: A Novel by Ana Teresa Torres

2 votes, 25.0%

It Would Be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo

2 votes, 25.0%

Doña Barbara by Rómulo Gallegos

2 votes, 25.0%

Mama Blanca's Memoirs by Teresa de la Parra

0 votes, 0.0%

8 total votes

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